Chandigarh, Nov. 5 -- As many as 16 medical shops were sealed for violations during a day-long operation in various locations in Sirsa on Monday.

An official spokesperson said that under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, raids were conducted in Sirsa district to curb the illegal sale of narcotic drugs. The operation involved 35 senior drugs control officers (SDCOs) and drugs control officers (DCOs) from various zones and districts.

As many as eight special teams were formed and assigned to conduct surprise inspections at chemist shops suspected of misusing psychotropic or dual-use medicines.

"The raid was directly supervised by state drugs controller Lalit Kumar Goyal, who was accompanied by assistant state drugs controllers Parvinder Sin...